Charles Ballance (1825–73)
Silk throwster and pigeon fancier. Silk throwster in Taunton, 1841, 1851; retired, 1861. Government contractor living in Hackney, Middlesex, 1871.
Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/972/5/39/23), 1851 (HO107/1922/630/21), 1861 (RG9/1616/81/4), 1871 (RG10/325/38/14)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 June 2019)
London, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1917 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 June 2019)
Tegetmeier 1867, p. 75.